One of the developmental directions going on is to create a solution that integrates electronics into the part as its getting printed in 3-D. To do this, the LabBot is being adapted to work with 3 different types of nozzles: 1. pick and place vacuum aspirator, 2. conductive paste extruder and 3. FDM direct drive extruder. The LabBot scheduling software has already been designed and described here at https://www.htsresources.com/wpstuff/cad-design-and-slicing-tool/3-d-circuit-designer/. There is also a camera that is used for visualizing part positions.
